How Do We Best ‘Save the Poor’?
The data is in: Shared growth, not top-heavy growth, helps the poor. Two months ago, in Equality for Taxi Drivers and Surgeons, I challenged the logic of Illinois professor Deirdre...
Solutions
A Bold UK Echo of FDR’s Income Cap
The leader of the British Labour Party has just outlined an ambitious set of proposals for shearing the incomes of the ultra rich down to more democratic proportions.
Key Ballot-Box Victories in Maine
Maine raised their minimum wage, raised taxes on the wealthy to fund education, passed ranked choice voting, and legalized marijuana. Maine People's Alliance's Ben Chin explains how the state won...
In California, a Tax-the-Rich Triumph
Could the resounding Election Day victory of a state tax initiative signal an impending surge for a new national egalitarian politics?
